KashFlow http://www.kashflow.com Accounting software you'll actually like Wed, 22 May 2013 16:23:52 +0000 en-US hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.5.1 Leaders vs Managers http://www.kashflow.com/blog/leaders-vs-managers/ http://www.kashflow.com/blog/leaders-vs-managers/#comments Wed, 22 May 2013 16:07:19 +0000 Duane Jackson - Founder & CEO http://www.kashflow.com/?p=62395 You have to do what a manager tells you. But you follow a leader because you want to. A manager has the formal authority to demand obedience. A leaders power is informal – she stimulates, convinces and inspires people to follow her. Managers are appointed to a position. You can not be assigned the role [...]

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]]> http://www.kashflow.com/blog/leaders-vs-managers/feed/ 1 Spotifired – why we can’t advertise with Spotify any more http://www.kashflow.com/blog/spotifired/ http://www.kashflow.com/blog/spotifired/#comments Thu, 16 May 2013 13:40:05 +0000 Patrick Johnson - Head of Marketing http://www.kashflow.com/?p=62342 An Open Letter. Dear Spotify, We love Spotify at KashFlow. Nearly all our staff have personal accounts, and we have Sonos throughout the office running primarily from a dedicated Spotify account too. Many of us use it on our phones on the commute into work too. We’re addicts. Last year, and then again in January [...]

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]]> http://www.kashflow.com/blog/spotifired/feed/ 5 Front-end developer, London http://www.kashflow.com/blog/front-end-developer-vacancy/ http://www.kashflow.com/blog/front-end-developer-vacancy/#comments Wed, 01 May 2013 16:28:32 +0000 Daniel Grant http://www.kashflow.com/?p=62133 At KashFlow we are not shy of taking the road less travelled. Right now we are redefining how SaaS products get delivered by building a first-of-its-kind application. Bucking the common trend to build multiple native apps, which we feel is the antithesis of SaaS development, we are building a responsive single page web application. We [...]

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]]> http://www.kashflow.com/blog/front-end-developer-vacancy/feed/ 0 My Accountant Wants Me To Use Sage http://www.kashflow.com/blog/my-accountant-wants-me-to-use-sage/ http://www.kashflow.com/blog/my-accountant-wants-me-to-use-sage/#comments Mon, 29 Apr 2013 13:02:07 +0000 Duane Jackson - Founder & CEO http://www.kashflow.com/?p=62099 I wanted my website to work on all web browsers – it’ll get me lots more customers. But the web designer I’m paying said it makes his life easier if he only makes sites for Internet Explorer 6. I wanted a Mac – I find them much easier to use than PCs. But the guys [...]

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]]> http://www.kashflow.com/blog/my-accountant-wants-me-to-use-sage/feed/ 2 Leadership and Creating a Movement [VIDEO] http://www.kashflow.com/blog/dancing-guy/ http://www.kashflow.com/blog/dancing-guy/#comments Fri, 26 Apr 2013 11:32:23 +0000 Duane Jackson - Founder & CEO http://www.kashflow.com/?p=62059 It’s Friday! So here’s a short (3min) video explaining how a movement grows. Thank you to @MissKashFlow for being my first follower and transforming me from a Lone Nut. And to the rest of my team and our customers for making KashFlow a movement. Keep on dancing.

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]]> http://www.kashflow.com/blog/dancing-guy/feed/ 1 Pitch for Skills, Not for Funding http://www.kashflow.com/blog/pitch-for-skills-not-for-funding/ http://www.kashflow.com/blog/pitch-for-skills-not-for-funding/#comments Thu, 18 Apr 2013 10:40:53 +0000 Duane Jackson - Founder & CEO http://www.kashflow.com/?p=61959 What’s better than a cash injection? How about a skills injection? I can testify that hiring an experienced industry exec has had far more impact on my business than a pile of cash would have. It’s telling that a common use of cash raised by businesses is to hire talented people. Rather than spending your time [...]

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]]> http://www.kashflow.com/blog/pitch-for-skills-not-for-funding/feed/ 2 Clowns to the Left, Jokers to the Right… http://www.kashflow.com/blog/clowns-to-the-left-jokers-to-the-right/ http://www.kashflow.com/blog/clowns-to-the-left-jokers-to-the-right/#comments Tue, 16 Apr 2013 10:23:22 +0000 Stu Bradley - Marketing Executive http://www.kashflow.com/?p=62000 In the cola wars, it’s rare that contenders other than Pepsi and Coca Cola are mentioned. This shouldn’t be that surprising – they have billion dollar budgets (Coke spent just shy of $3bn on advertising in 2010 alone) and employ megastars like Beyonce (Pepsi) and Taylor Swift (Diet Coke) to advertise their products. To get [...]

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]]> http://www.kashflow.com/blog/facebook-advertising-sucks/feed/ 13 Introducing PDF Themes http://www.kashflow.com/blog/introducing-pdf-themes/ http://www.kashflow.com/blog/introducing-pdf-themes/#comments Fri, 05 Apr 2013 22:04:08 +0000 Duane Jackson - Founder & CEO http://www.kashflow.com/?p=60910 UPDATE 5th April We’re re-releasing this feature today after initially having to roll back the release last month - – - – - - We’re now rolling out a big upgrade to the way PDF Documents (Invoices, Quotes, etc) are produced. It addresses a number of common requests including: Higher resolution logos Give more flexibility [...]

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]]> http://www.kashflow.com/blog/introducing-pdf-themes/feed/ 9 FinTech 101 and #sizzle8 http://www.kashflow.com/blog/fintech-101-digital-sizzle8/ http://www.kashflow.com/blog/fintech-101-digital-sizzle8/#comments Fri, 22 Mar 2013 16:18:16 +0000 Stu Bradley - Marketing Executive http://www.kashflow.com/?p=61557 Watch out, ‘the cloud’, your days as a media darling may be numbered – FinTech is the new buzzword. But what is FinTech exactly? Sadly, nothing to do with robot sharks, FinTech actually refers to the current wave of innovation in the sphere of financial technology. Last night a few of the KashFlow team attended [...]

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]]> http://www.kashflow.com/blog/fintech-101-digital-sizzle8/feed/ 1 Dozens of new Integrations for you to try http://www.kashflow.com/blog/onesaas-integrations/ http://www.kashflow.com/blog/onesaas-integrations/#comments Wed, 20 Mar 2013 12:14:40 +0000 Duane Jackson - Founder & CEO http://www.kashflow.com/?p=61474 Do you use any of the services or products listed below? We’ll soon be releasing a new service that connects all of them to your KashFlow account. But before we do, we want to get a few of you using it to try it out and see what we can improve before making it available [...]

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]]> http://www.kashflow.com/blog/onesaas-integrations/feed/ 2 Top 5: Things you need to get a business started… http://www.kashflow.com/blog/top-5-things-to-get-business-started/ http://www.kashflow.com/blog/top-5-things-to-get-business-started/#comments Tue, 19 Mar 2013 16:49:37 +0000 guest http://www.kashflow.com/?p=61452 This is a guest post by Will Roberts  Will is a marketer and CMO at Mindwork Labs. He works on projects that generally involve an affiliate marketing element and tweets as @WillDRoberts. Aged just 18, he’s already making waves in the marketing and content industry, working alongside young entrepreneur (and Secret Millionaire!) Mark Pearson.   1. [...]

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]]> http://www.kashflow.com/blog/top-5-things-to-get-business-started/feed/ 1 Get a Startup Loan in One Day http://www.kashflow.com/blog/get-a-startup-loan-in-one-day/ http://www.kashflow.com/blog/get-a-startup-loan-in-one-day/#comments Wed, 06 Mar 2013 11:29:30 +0000 Duane Jackson - Founder & CEO http://www.kashflow.com/?p=61145 I’ve been fortunate enough to see the Startup Loans initiative take shape from close-up. I’ve seen it go from an idea in my chairman’s over-worked head to being  announced by government to being a reality. Now it’s all up and running, there are numerous ways you can get a startup loan. But there’s an event this Saturday being held [...]

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]]> http://www.kashflow.com/blog/get-a-startup-loan-in-one-day/feed/ 1 The Office of the Future http://www.kashflow.com/blog/the-office-of-the-future/ http://www.kashflow.com/blog/the-office-of-the-future/#comments Tue, 05 Mar 2013 11:34:10 +0000 Stu Bradley - Marketing Executive http://www.kashflow.com/?p=61109 The past couple of weeks have seen a lot of debate around the subject of home-working. At the end of last month, Marissa Mayer revoked the right of Yahoo employees to work from home. Although this kicked up a lot of fuss, the subject is clearly a contentious one at Yahoo! – there are rumours [...]

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]]> http://www.kashflow.com/blog/service-issues/feed/ 9 Introducing our new website… http://www.kashflow.com/blog/split-testing-101-building-a-new-website/ http://www.kashflow.com/blog/split-testing-101-building-a-new-website/#comments Wed, 27 Feb 2013 12:10:21 +0000 Patrick Johnson - Head of Marketing http://www.kashflow.com/?p=60955 You may have noticed that we recently put our brand new website live. But the big question on everybody’s lips (well…I’m sure it’s on some people’s lips, anyway) is how did we get from this… …to this? Well, there a couple of reasons, and I’ll you exactly what they are: Split Testing We spent a [...]

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]]> http://www.kashflow.com/blog/split-testing-101-building-a-new-website/feed/ 2 Internal Communications in a Growing Startup http://www.kashflow.com/blog/internal-communications-in-a-growing-startup/ http://www.kashflow.com/blog/internal-communications-in-a-growing-startup/#comments Tue, 05 Feb 2013 12:00:39 +0000 Duane Jackson - Founder & CEO http://www.kashflow.com/?p=56414 Around a year ago this guy turned up. I’ve learned a hell of a lot from him about doing my job as CEO of a fast growing company and I’m hoping to find the time to write more about some of that. But I’ll start with one of the most important lessons I’ve learned, and that’s a [...]

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]]> http://www.kashflow.com/blog/internal-communications-in-a-growing-startup/feed/ 4 Introducing KashDroid Android App http://www.kashflow.com/blog/introducing-kashdroid-android-app/ http://www.kashflow.com/blog/introducing-kashdroid-android-app/#comments Wed, 30 Jan 2013 11:59:45 +0000 Duane Jackson - Founder & CEO http://www.kashflow.com/?p=56413 We’ve been madly beavering away on a huge upgrade to KashFlow to support multiple mobile platforms and multi-users over the last few months It looks like we’re not the only ones that have been busy coding. KashFlow customer Pale Purple have been working hard too. They’ve taken the initiative to build their own Android app for KashFlow using our API. Their blog post says: It’s [...]

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]]> http://www.kashflow.com/blog/introducing-kashdroid-android-app/feed/ 1 The Backbone’s connected to the… http://www.kashflow.com/blog/the-backbones-connected-to-the/ http://www.kashflow.com/blog/the-backbones-connected-to-the/#comments Mon, 28 Jan 2013 11:45:16 +0000 Ben Howdle http://www.kashflow.com/?p=56406 Warning: This post may contain some technical jargon, so if you’re unsure about any of the terms be sure to ask in the comments! For some more thoughts on all this stuff, do check out Duane’s post about the future of software development and delivery. Single page web apps Because they offer a seamless and slick [...]

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]]> http://www.kashflow.com/blog/the-backbones-connected-to-the/feed/ 0 Tradeshift Integration http://www.kashflow.com/blog/tradeshift-integration/ http://www.kashflow.com/blog/tradeshift-integration/#comments Thu, 24 Jan 2013 11:57:43 +0000 Duane Jackson - Founder & CEO http://www.kashflow.com/?p=56411 If you’re a huge organisation like the NHS or Tesco, with suppliers in the thousands, then dealing with your incoming purchase invoices has got be be a real PITA. You’re receiving invoices in lots of different formats and have multiple communication channels with your suppliers. Tradeshift solves this problem. A big company, let’s call them Big [...]

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]]> http://www.kashflow.com/blog/tradeshift-integration/feed/ 3 Social Media Policy? Eww. http://www.kashflow.com/blog/social-media-policy-eww/ http://www.kashflow.com/blog/social-media-policy-eww/#comments Tue, 22 Jan 2013 11:56:15 +0000 Stu Bradley - Marketing Executive http://www.kashflow.com/?p=56410 A few months back, we completely revised the way we handled social media. The closest thing we’d ever had to a social media policy was (or at least can be translated from its original, cruder form as…) ‘don’t be stupid.’ If you have to think about whether or not posting something is a good idea, it’s [...]

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]]> http://www.kashflow.com/blog/social-media-policy-eww/feed/ 0 Marketing: Would you prefer one-size-fits-all or a size 10½? http://www.kashflow.com/blog/marketing-would-you-prefer-one-size-fits-all-or-a-size-10%c2%bd/ http://www.kashflow.com/blog/marketing-would-you-prefer-one-size-fits-all-or-a-size-10%c2%bd/#comments Wed, 16 Jan 2013 11:55:24 +0000 Duane Jackson - Founder & CEO http://www.kashflow.com/?p=56409 Today we shared an advert that we were stopped from running by a publisher. It prompted some conversation about marketing and a comment was made along the lines of “it’s not clever to exclude half the population in your advertising” Putting aside for a moment the fact that we could be excluding/putting off people due [...]

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]]> http://www.kashflow.com/blog/marketing-would-you-prefer-one-size-fits-all-or-a-size-10%c2%bd/feed/ 0 HOW TO: PR for Startups http://www.kashflow.com/blog/how-to-pr-for-startups/ http://www.kashflow.com/blog/how-to-pr-for-startups/#comments Thu, 10 Jan 2013 11:53:44 +0000 Stu Bradley - Marketing Executive http://www.kashflow.com/?p=56408 When asked about the differences between marketing, advertising and PR there’s a story that my dad, who has founded two PR companies in the North East, likes to tell. It’s one of the better stories he tells, so I’m pretty sure he stole it. It goes like this - A marketer, a PR man and [...]

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]]> http://www.kashflow.com/blog/party-season/feed/ 0 Wait, the cloud isn’t an ACTUAL cloud…? http://www.kashflow.com/blog/wait-cloud-isnt-actual-cloud/ http://www.kashflow.com/blog/wait-cloud-isnt-actual-cloud/#comments Fri, 14 Dec 2012 11:40:08 +0000 Stu Bradley - Marketing Executive http://www.kashflow.com/?p=55131 Ok, you probably already know that. But you might be surprised at how many people don’t – in a recent study in the USA, 51% of those surveyed claimed that stormy weather can interfere with cloud computing. So, while we’re probably preaching to the converted, we thought it might be worth doing a quick guide to [...]

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]]> http://www.kashflow.com/blog/wait-cloud-isnt-actual-cloud/feed/ 0 Are you onboard? http://www.kashflow.com/blog/are-you-onboard/ http://www.kashflow.com/blog/are-you-onboard/#comments Mon, 10 Dec 2012 11:48:13 +0000 Stu Bradley - Marketing Executive http://www.kashflow.com/?p=54977 Every month, thousands of small business owners register to take a free trial of our online accounting software. Although SaaS is traditionally a self-service model, we recently created a brand new onboarding team whose sole purpose is to call trialists and answer any questions they have about KashFlow. Thanks to a great reception, and increasing numbers [...]

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]]> http://www.kashflow.com/blog/are-you-onboard/feed/ 3 Five tips to get paid quicker http://www.kashflow.com/blog/five-tips-to-get-paid-quicker/ http://www.kashflow.com/blog/five-tips-to-get-paid-quicker/#comments Thu, 29 Nov 2012 15:31:49 +0000 Stu Bradley - Marketing Executive http://www.kashflow.com/?p=54427 ‘Money makes the world go round.’ That’s what a bespangled (possibly the only time I will ever get to use that word) Liza Minelli once said in Cabaret, and she’s probably right. If I didn’t already know that getting paid on time is important to people from working at a cloud accounting software company, I certainly [...]

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]]> http://www.kashflow.com/blog/five-tips-to-get-paid-quicker/feed/ 3 #KFXmas (and a marketing dilemma…) http://www.kashflow.com/blog/kfxmas-and-marketing-dilemma/ http://www.kashflow.com/blog/kfxmas-and-marketing-dilemma/#comments Mon, 26 Nov 2012 11:24:17 +0000 Stu Bradley - Marketing Executive http://www.kashflow.com/?p=54156 We’re dreaming of a pink Christmas… We love our customers. A lot of companies say things like that, but I hope that by now you know that when we say it we really mean it. That’s why every year we throw a big Christmas party for customers, trialists and any other cloud software, business or tech [...]

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]]> http://www.kashflow.com/blog/whitehalls-new-entrepreneurs-in-residence-a-warning/feed/ 0 Do you have enough followers to read this blog post? http://www.kashflow.com/blog/do-you-have-enough-followers-to-read-this-blog-post/ http://www.kashflow.com/blog/do-you-have-enough-followers-to-read-this-blog-post/#comments Wed, 14 Nov 2012 16:21:23 +0000 Stu Bradley - Marketing Executive http://www.kashflow.com/?p=53205 It probably comes as no surprise to some of you that a few members of the KashFlow Krew are Twitterholics – around 50% of staff here use it, and Management Today kindly voted Duane one of the top 50 entrepreneurs on Twitter (coming above two Dragons’ Den dragons, no less…). Although we have a dedicated community manager [...]

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]]> http://www.kashflow.com/blog/meet-our-adult-supervision/feed/ 4 Are your best sales leads in the trash can? http://www.kashflow.com/blog/are-best-sales-leads-trash-can/ http://www.kashflow.com/blog/are-best-sales-leads-trash-can/#comments Mon, 05 Nov 2012 12:48:32 +0000 guest http://www.kashflow.com/?p=52429 The following is a guest post by John Paterson.  John has used, implemented and overseen a number of CRM systems as a salesperson, sales manager, sales director, COO and CEO.  Off the back of his experiences as CEO of CRM vendor Oxygen Solutions, he saw a gap in the market for a simple, straightforward hosted CRM system [...]

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]]> http://www.kashflow.com/blog/smarta-100-free-money/feed/ 11 An ode to our support team. http://www.kashflow.com/blog/an-ode-to-our-support-team/ http://www.kashflow.com/blog/an-ode-to-our-support-team/#comments Tue, 02 Oct 2012 15:29:28 +0000 Stu Bradley - Marketing Executive http://www.kashflow.com/?p=48170 There’s a policy (but we don’t call it a policy, because ‘policy’ is a pretty horrible word) here at KashFlow that’s pretty key to how we do hiring – EVERY new hire has to spend two weeks on technical support before they start in the position they were hired for. If, for whatever reason, they [...]

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]]> http://www.kashflow.com/blog/an-ode-to-our-support-team/feed/ 2 Working with the Prince’s Trust http://www.kashflow.com/blog/working-princes-trust/ http://www.kashflow.com/blog/working-princes-trust/#comments Thu, 20 Sep 2012 10:56:14 +0000 Duane Jackson - Founder & CEO http://www.kashflow.com/?p=46373 Back in June I was on stage with will.i.am when he announced his donation of £500k to the Prince’s Trust. It got me thinking about how I could also give something back. I’ve written before about how the Prince’s Trust helped me to start in business when noone else would. I owe them a huge debt of gratitude – [...]

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]]> http://www.kashflow.com/blog/working-princes-trust/feed/ 6 On yer bike! http://www.kashflow.com/blog/on-yer-bike/ http://www.kashflow.com/blog/on-yer-bike/#comments Wed, 19 Sep 2012 15:54:26 +0000 Stu Bradley - Marketing Executive http://www.kashflow.com/?p=47341 The fact that lots of guys in the London tech scene love bikes shouldn’t come as a surprise. The amount of opportunities cycling offers to talk about carbon fibre and ‘lightness of body’ are rivalled only by the launch of a new Apple product. Ok ok, we’ll remove our tongues from our cheeks – honestly, it’s [...]

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]]> http://www.kashflow.com/blog/on-yer-bike/feed/ 0 Generation DIY #GenDIY http://www.kashflow.com/blog/gendiy/ http://www.kashflow.com/blog/gendiy/#comments Wed, 12 Sep 2012 14:49:08 +0000 Duane Jackson - Founder & CEO http://www.kashflow.com/?p=46379 First there was Generation X. Then there was Generation Y. It’d be easy to read the Daily Mail and believe that the current generation is Generation ZZZ, as they’re a lazy bunch of good-for-nothings. But we’ve seen where that mentality gets us. Next month, the latest youth unemployment figures will be coming out. I think [...]

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]]> http://www.kashflow.com/blog/gendiy/feed/ 7 Join the KashFlow team: JavaScript, jQuery, HTML5, CSS, REST, Agile, Project Management http://www.kashflow.com/blog/join-us/ http://www.kashflow.com/blog/join-us/#comments Mon, 03 Sep 2012 09:20:07 +0000 Duane Jackson - Founder & CEO http://www.kashflow.com/?p=45044 TL:DR version We’ve got some exciting stuff going on. If you understand jQuery, REST, JSON, Agile  then this could be for you. We’re doing some very nice stuff but need you to join us to make it a huge success. Specifically we need a JS/jQuery developer, a Web Designer and a Project Manager to join [...]

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]]> http://www.kashflow.com/blog/join-us/feed/ 0 Am I paranoid? http://www.kashflow.com/blog/am-i-paranoid/ http://www.kashflow.com/blog/am-i-paranoid/#comments Wed, 29 Aug 2012 14:15:36 +0000 Duane Jackson - Founder & CEO http://www.kashflow.com/?p=44073 This isn’t the first time that someone has suggested Sage like to copy KashFlow’s marketing activities. Given that Sage are often (supposedly derogatively) referred to as a marketing machine instead of a technology company, I’ve always taken it as a compliment. There have been a few things they’ve done recently that look like they’ve taken [...]

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]]> http://www.kashflow.com/blog/am-i-paranoid/feed/ 18 Work Hard and Be Nice. http://www.kashflow.com/blog/work-hard-be-nice/ http://www.kashflow.com/blog/work-hard-be-nice/#comments Tue, 21 Aug 2012 10:24:43 +0000 Stu Bradley - Marketing Executive http://www.kashflow.com/?p=42903 As well as being our PR company’s mantra, ‘Work hard and be nice’ is the only way to do business as far as we’re concerned. Innovations like Twitter and easy to use blogging platforms have changed the face of both social and business universes. Individuals like Robert Scoble have reached celebrity status simply by living [...]

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]]> http://www.kashflow.com/blog/work-hard-be-nice/feed/ 0 Turning off ‘classic’ view http://www.kashflow.com/blog/so-long-farewell-classic-view/ http://www.kashflow.com/blog/so-long-farewell-classic-view/#comments Tue, 07 Aug 2012 08:39:44 +0000 Patrick Johnson - Head of Marketing http://www.kashflow.com/?p=41686 We hate removing features in KashFlow because we know people don’t like change, so we’ve thought long and hard about this decision. Currently there is the option to choose between two different screen layouts, named “Classic” and “Modern”. The two options look like the below screenshots. click screenshots for full view. As of Friday 10th [...]

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]]> http://www.kashflow.com/blog/so-long-farewell-classic-view/feed/ 2 Beyond SaaS, The Future Of Software Development and Delivery http://www.kashflow.com/blog/beyond-saas-the-future-of-software-development-delivery/ http://www.kashflow.com/blog/beyond-saas-the-future-of-software-development-delivery/#comments Wed, 27 Jun 2012 14:38:11 +0000 Duane Jackson - Founder & CEO http://www.kashflow.com/?p=37347 Back when I launched KashFlow, my online accounting software business, the phrase “software as a service” hadn’t been coined yet. The recently popular catchall phrase ‘cloud computing’, now frantically highlighted in every marketeer’s notebook, was practically unheard of. iPhones didn’t even exist yet. Seven years later, SaaS is widely accepted as the way software (with [...]

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]]> http://www.kashflow.com/blog/beyond-saas-the-future-of-software-development-delivery/feed/ 11 Thoughts and opinions are my own, not that of my employer. And so is my Twitter account. http://www.kashflow.com/blog/using-personal-social-media-accounts-small-business/ http://www.kashflow.com/blog/using-personal-social-media-accounts-small-business/#comments Fri, 15 Jun 2012 14:07:54 +0000 Stu Bradley - Marketing Executive http://www.kashflow.com/?p=34398 Thoughts and opinions are my own, and not that of my employer. It’s rare that I get through a day without seeing some variation of this phrase in someone’s Twitter bio. In case you haven’t noticed, several members of the KashFlow team are pretty active on Twitter. At a networking event last night, someone expressed [...]

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]]> http://www.kashflow.com/blog/using-personal-social-media-accounts-small-business/feed/ 0 Why you should care about Google+ Local http://www.kashflow.com/blog/why-you-should-care-about-google-local/ http://www.kashflow.com/blog/why-you-should-care-about-google-local/#comments Thu, 31 May 2012 09:35:27 +0000 Katie Poole - Community Manager http://www.kashflow.com/?p=30515 Google+ Local launched yesterday, and if you haven’t already started using Google+ then now’s the time – especially if you’re a business owner! Google+ Local To use Google+ Local you’ll need to have a G+ account, and these are free to set up. (Just follow the directions on that link – shouldn’t take more than 5 [...]

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]]> http://www.kashflow.com/blog/why-you-should-care-about-google-local/feed/ 2 Stats/analytics/SEO expert wanted! http://www.kashflow.com/blog/stats-analytics-seo-expert-wanted/ http://www.kashflow.com/blog/stats-analytics-seo-expert-wanted/#comments Thu, 31 May 2012 09:02:08 +0000 Stu Bradley - Marketing Executive http://www.kashflow.com/?p=30517 Yes, we’re at it again. We need a new marketing bod. However, since we’ve pretty much got words covered, we now need a numbers pro. Someone who thinks in binary and dreams of electric sheep. Though we are growing quickly, we still consider ourselves a startup and are looking for someone who is as interested [...]

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]]> http://www.kashflow.com/blog/stats-analytics-seo-expert-wanted/feed/ 0 Why did Facebook really acquire Instagram? http://www.kashflow.com/blog/why-facebook-acquired-instagram/ http://www.kashflow.com/blog/why-facebook-acquired-instagram/#comments Fri, 25 May 2012 10:36:50 +0000 Patrick Johnson - Head of Marketing http://www.kashflow.com/?p=29610 Yesterday Facebook released a new app called Camera and, just like that, the fog lifted. The reason Zuck and his crew shelled out $1 billion (insert Dr Evil joke here) for Instagram suddenly became a little more clear. An application that allows you to add filters and effects to photos on your iPhone or iPad [...]

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]]> http://www.kashflow.com/blog/why-facebook-acquired-instagram/feed/ 8 How to plan for an exhibition http://www.kashflow.com/blog/how-to-plan-for-an-exhibition/ http://www.kashflow.com/blog/how-to-plan-for-an-exhibition/#comments Wed, 23 May 2012 08:52:55 +0000 Katie Poole - Community Manager http://www.kashflow.com/?p=29072 The Business Show was my first experience planning for an exhibition, and while it was great fun I also wish I had had a guide to help me. So, here’s what I learned along the way and wish I knew when I started! If there’s anything missing that you find essential to your trade exhibitions, please [...]

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]]> http://www.kashflow.com/blog/how-to-plan-for-an-exhibition/feed/ 3 Live Blog – Digital Sizzle 4: an audience with Tech City http://www.kashflow.com/blog/digital-sizzle-4-audience-with-tech-city/ http://www.kashflow.com/blog/digital-sizzle-4-audience-with-tech-city/#comments Thu, 17 May 2012 13:56:16 +0000 Stu Bradley - Marketing Executive http://www.kashflow.com/?p=28121 Please note: The opinions voiced in this article are those of Stuart Bradley (me) or those of the companies alluded to within the article, not those of KashFlow Software Ltd. i.e. plz don’t sue. The validity of the Tech City Investment Organisation is probably one of the biggest issues currently under scrutiny in the London tech scene. [...]

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]]> http://www.kashflow.com/blog/digital-sizzle-4-audience-with-tech-city/feed/ 3 The Effect of Shorter Trial Periods for SaaS http://www.kashflow.com/blog/the-effect-of-shorter-trial-periods-for-saas/ http://www.kashflow.com/blog/the-effect-of-shorter-trial-periods-for-saas/#comments Wed, 16 May 2012 11:14:24 +0000 Duane Jackson - Founder & CEO http://www.kashflow.com/?p=27776 A couple of months ago I wrote that we were reducing our free trial period for our online accounting software. To summarise: we have always offered a 60 day trial, one of the longest in our industry. I decided to drop it to 14 days – one of the shortest. The reasoning for this was that [...]

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]]> http://www.kashflow.com/blog/the-effect-of-shorter-trial-periods-for-saas/feed/ 8 We need an Office Junior! http://www.kashflow.com/blog/we-need-an-office-junior/ http://www.kashflow.com/blog/we-need-an-office-junior/#comments Mon, 14 May 2012 14:29:49 +0000 Katie Poole - Community Manager http://www.kashflow.com/?p=27406 We’re hiring again, and this time we’re looking for an Office Junior/Administrator. Ideally you’ll know about our amazing accounting software (we put an emphasis on automating everything possible) and great customer service (we answer customer queries every day, including Christmas and at nights/weekends). You’ll help keep the office running smoothly and we’ll give you opportunities [...]

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]]> http://www.kashflow.com/blog/we-need-an-office-junior/feed/ 2 Entrepreneurs in Prison http://www.kashflow.com/blog/entrepreneurs-in-prison/ http://www.kashflow.com/blog/entrepreneurs-in-prison/#comments Fri, 04 May 2012 11:05:41 +0000 Duane Jackson - Founder & CEO http://www.kashflow.com/?p=26036 The front page of the Metro this morning carried a story about prisoners being used as workers by the likes of M&S and other big firms. The Independent and many other papers also have the story. I’ve not dared look to see what the Daily Mail think about it. Predictably there are already concerns being [...]

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]]> http://www.kashflow.com/blog/entrepreneurs-in-prison/feed/ 19 Five tips for balancing family life and work http://www.kashflow.com/blog/five-tips-for-balancing-family-life-and-work/ http://www.kashflow.com/blog/five-tips-for-balancing-family-life-and-work/#comments Thu, 03 May 2012 08:26:26 +0000 Katie Poole - Community Manager http://www.kashflow.com/?p=25735 Yesterday we asked our Facebook community how they strike a balance between their work and family lives. Below are some of their suggestions: Set aside one day a week to spend time with your kids. Switch off from work in their after school hours to spend time with them. Remember that people don’t expect an [...]

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]]> http://www.kashflow.com/blog/five-tips-for-balancing-family-life-and-work/feed/ 1 HOW TO: Network at events. (Hint: Stop thinking about ‘networking’) http://www.kashflow.com/blog/how-to-network-at-events-stop-thinking-about-networking/ http://www.kashflow.com/blog/how-to-network-at-events-stop-thinking-about-networking/#comments Mon, 30 Apr 2012 10:41:43 +0000 Stu Bradley - Marketing Executive http://www.kashflow.com/?p=25347 I came across this post on The Next Web over the weekend and thought it made some interesting points. Recent studies have suggested that, as a society, we’re actually regressing to our neanderthal roots – our compulsions to check our smartphones every five minutes are hindering our empathy and ability to communicate with other human beings. [...]

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]]> http://www.kashflow.com/blog/how-to-network-at-events-stop-thinking-about-networking/feed/ 0 5 easy ways to improve your small business copywriting http://www.kashflow.com/blog/5-easy-ways-to-improve-your-small-business-copywriting/ http://www.kashflow.com/blog/5-easy-ways-to-improve-your-small-business-copywriting/#comments Mon, 16 Apr 2012 09:30:31 +0000 guest http://www.kashflow.com/?p=22641 This is a guest post by Georgina El Morshdy.  Georgina is a freelance copywriter specialising in writing hard-working copy for micro-business. She also blogs at Copywriting Gems and posts weekly tips and ideas to help improve persuasive writing. If you write your own copy you can also sign-up for her free eBook – 7 Steps [...]

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]]> http://www.kashflow.com/blog/5-easy-ways-to-improve-your-small-business-copywriting/feed/ 2 @CainesArcade – The 9yr Old Entrepreneur http://www.kashflow.com/blog/cainesarcade-the-9yr-old-entrepreneur/ http://www.kashflow.com/blog/cainesarcade-the-9yr-old-entrepreneur/#comments Wed, 11 Apr 2012 12:41:36 +0000 Duane Jackson - Founder & CEO http://www.kashflow.com/?p=22473 Watch this video and try not to smile, Inspirational stuff. Donate to his Scholarship Fund at cainesarcade.com/ Discovered via Enterprise Nation and Dan Martin

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]]> http://www.kashflow.com/blog/cainesarcade-the-9yr-old-entrepreneur/feed/ 6 We’re doing another exhibition! http://www.kashflow.com/blog/were-doing-another-exhibition/ http://www.kashflow.com/blog/were-doing-another-exhibition/#comments Tue, 10 Apr 2012 10:30:15 +0000 Katie Poole - Community Manager http://www.kashflow.com/?p=21724 This May we’ll be heading to ExCel London for Business Startup, which just so happens to be the the UK’s biggest exhibition for anyone starting or expanding a business! There will be seminars by David Gold, Brad Burton and others.  In fact, there’s a rumour that our very own Duane will be talking. The show will be on [...]

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]]> http://www.kashflow.com/blog/were-doing-another-exhibition/feed/ 2 I didn’t get any work done today http://www.kashflow.com/blog/i-didnt-get-any-work-done-today/ http://www.kashflow.com/blog/i-didnt-get-any-work-done-today/#comments Wed, 04 Apr 2012 08:34:50 +0000 Duane Jackson - Founder & CEO http://www.kashflow.com/?p=21590 I had a realisation recently that other founders – especially those of a technical bent – might be able to relate to. I’d just spent a whole day in various meetings.  As I left for the day and realised my laptop hadn’t even left my man bag I said “I don’t know why I bothered [...]

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]]> http://www.kashflow.com/blog/i-didnt-get-any-work-done-today/feed/ 7 HOW TO: Exhibit at events (and how not to…) http://www.kashflow.com/blog/how-to-exhibit-at-events-and-how-not-to/ http://www.kashflow.com/blog/how-to-exhibit-at-events-and-how-not-to/#comments Tue, 27 Mar 2012 15:00:51 +0000 Stu Bradley - Marketing Executive http://www.kashflow.com/?p=20402 Here at KashFlow, we love events. Although social media is great for gauging people’s opinions on products, features and ideas, you may find that you tend to interact only with people who either really love something you’ve done or really dislike it. The (sad) fact is, you might never get to speak to the other [...]

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]]> http://www.kashflow.com/blog/how-to-exhibit-at-events-and-how-not-to/feed/ 5 Open Letter to Banks – API Access to Statement Data http://www.kashflow.com/blog/open-letter-to-banks-api-access-to-statement-data/ http://www.kashflow.com/blog/open-letter-to-banks-api-access-to-statement-data/#comments Mon, 26 Mar 2012 13:10:59 +0000 Duane Jackson - Founder & CEO http://www.kashflow.com/?p=20236 As per our press release, I’ve today sent an open letter to the heads of British banks. The letter is as follows: I am writing to you today to urge that small businesses be granted secure electronic access to their own bank statement data. By failing to make this available via an API, you are [...]

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]]> http://www.kashflow.com/blog/open-letter-to-banks-api-access-to-statement-data/feed/ 16 The Future of Digital Money http://www.kashflow.com/blog/the-future-of-digital-money/ http://www.kashflow.com/blog/the-future-of-digital-money/#comments Wed, 21 Mar 2012 12:26:45 +0000 Stu Bradley - Marketing Executive http://www.kashflow.com/?p=19275 There is currently a divide in the world of digital money. This divide was exemplified by a panel at Monday’s London Web Summit, with two of the panelists (at least to some extent) working alongside credit card companies and two fighting against them. Ben Milne, of real-time virtual money exchange Dwolla, has previously stated that [...]

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]]> http://www.kashflow.com/blog/the-future-of-digital-money/feed/ 0 #Biz2012 is only 5 days away! http://www.kashflow.com/blog/biz2012-is-only-5-days-away/ http://www.kashflow.com/blog/biz2012-is-only-5-days-away/#comments Tue, 13 Mar 2012 11:09:41 +0000 Katie Poole - Community Manager http://www.kashflow.com/?p=16373 Business 2012 is less than a week away and we’re getting psyched!! We’re talking trending on Twitter, plotting a treasure hunt, finalising stand designs, branding our own M&Ms and ordering light up sofas! (One of those is a lie, can you guess which?) Anyhow, Business 2012 kicks off on Sunday, 18 March, with plenty of [...]

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]]> http://www.kashflow.com/blog/feature-in-focus-viapost/feed/ 2 Shorter Trial Periods http://www.kashflow.com/blog/shorter-trial-periods/ http://www.kashflow.com/blog/shorter-trial-periods/#comments Sun, 11 Mar 2012 22:42:54 +0000 Duane Jackson - Founder & CEO http://www.kashflow.com/?p=17437 We’ve just changed the standard trial period for our SaaS Accounting Software product from 60 days to 14 days for any new trials as from right now. This is a big change for us as it’s been 60 days ever since we started. Why? We analysed our trial data and found that the vast majority of [...]

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]]> http://www.kashflow.com/blog/shorter-trial-periods/feed/ 42 Be friends with your customers http://www.kashflow.com/blog/be-friends-with-your-customers/ http://www.kashflow.com/blog/be-friends-with-your-customers/#comments Tue, 06 Mar 2012 10:30:17 +0000 guest http://www.kashflow.com/?p=16176 This is a guest post by Veronica Pullen. Veronica Pullen specialises in social media communication and is the Creator of Social Media Prospector for Twitter – a unique training system for business owners who want to achieve greater results from Twitter. The program is based on her unique insights into how people communicate and will teach [...]

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]]> http://www.kashflow.com/blog/be-friends-with-your-customers/feed/ 2 (Possibly) Important Information http://www.kashflow.com/blog/possibly-important-information/ http://www.kashflow.com/blog/possibly-important-information/#comments Fri, 02 Mar 2012 20:47:41 +0000 Duane Jackson - Founder & CEO http://www.kashflow.com/?p=15683 Just weeks after rolling out our new website, we’ve just completed a huge server infrastructure upgrade (with zero downtime- woop!). Customers rarely comment when the software is blisteringly fast, so we’ll instead be looking out for the lack of comments about things being a little slow at peak times. If you don’t use SagePay, code [...]

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]]> http://www.kashflow.com/blog/possibly-important-information/feed/ 4 Bank Managers Blow Whistle on Software Sales Scandal http://www.kashflow.com/blog/bank-managers-blow-whistle-on-software-sales-scandal/ http://www.kashflow.com/blog/bank-managers-blow-whistle-on-software-sales-scandal/#comments Fri, 02 Mar 2012 13:11:10 +0000 Duane Jackson - Founder & CEO http://www.kashflow.com/?p=15548 I received an anonymous letter yesterday. It was a bit underwhelming at first due to the lack of letters cut out from newspaper headlines. But after I read through it, I realised it was potentially pretty explosive stuff. Essentially it was copies of letters sent at the end of last year from ”Concerned Business Managers” at [...]

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]]> http://www.kashflow.com/blog/where-are-the-jobs/feed/ 2 Is working with family ever easy? http://www.kashflow.com/blog/is-working-with-family-ever-easy/ http://www.kashflow.com/blog/is-working-with-family-ever-easy/#comments Wed, 29 Feb 2012 11:48:50 +0000 Katie Poole - Community Manager http://www.kashflow.com/blog/?p=2960 Research says that working with family can be tricky, yet beneficial if done right, for small businesses. And here at KashFlow Duane’s hired a few of his family members and they all work closely together. While I’ve never worked with family in a professional setting*, I suspect that if I worked with my brother there’d [...]

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]]> http://www.kashflow.com/blog/is-working-with-family-ever-easy/feed/ 1 Using JIRA OnDemand for our development team http://www.kashflow.com/blog/using-jira-ondemand-for-our-development-team/ http://www.kashflow.com/blog/using-jira-ondemand-for-our-development-team/#comments Fri, 24 Feb 2012 14:58:32 +0000 Iain Farquharson - Tech, Project Management http://www.kashflow.com/?p=13744 We’ve just started using JIRA OnDemand as an agile project management tool and so far I’m in love. I want to give a quick run through of why I am so besotted with it. This post is very much intended for a techie audience – you’ve been warned! We’ve got some exciting developments going on here [...]

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]]> http://www.kashflow.com/blog/using-jira-ondemand-for-our-development-team/feed/ 1 What People Think Entrepreneurs Actually Do http://www.kashflow.com/blog/what-people-think-entrepreneurs-actually-do/ http://www.kashflow.com/blog/what-people-think-entrepreneurs-actually-do/#comments Tue, 21 Feb 2012 09:23:16 +0000 Duane Jackson - Founder & CEO http://www.kashflow.com/?p=13102 This made me smile, so I thought a few of you might enjoy it too. I’d love to give a credit for it, but I’ve no idea where it originated. (click to enlarge) There’s one important box missing though: “What my wife thinks I do.” Related Post #1: Stop Going Around Saying You’re an Entrepreneur! [...]

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]]> http://www.kashflow.com/blog/what-people-think-entrepreneurs-actually-do/feed/ 0 Front end web developers, we need you! http://www.kashflow.com/blog/hiring-again-front-end-web-developer/ http://www.kashflow.com/blog/hiring-again-front-end-web-developer/#comments Mon, 20 Feb 2012 14:28:15 +0000 Patrick Johnson - Head of Marketing http://www.kashflow.com/?p=12953 Having successfully used this blog to hire people to join the marketing team (with a bit of help from Twitter), we thought we’d try our luck at using it to find a front end developer. As the sole member of the web design team, I’ve been busy lately. Really busy. Our recent rebrand and upcoming [...]

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]]> http://www.kashflow.com/blog/hiring-again-front-end-web-developer/feed/ 0 The Valentine’s fun aftermath http://www.kashflow.com/blog/the-valentines-fun-aftermath/ http://www.kashflow.com/blog/the-valentines-fun-aftermath/#comments Thu, 16 Feb 2012 14:15:20 +0000 Katie Poole - Community Manager http://www.kashflow.com/?p=11946 As we wrote earlier this week, we emailed our customers a poem in hopes of finding our one true Valentine. Actually, we asked them to tell us how much they love us in exchange for chocolates. THE RESULTS We weren’t sure what to expect, but the results were amazing! Within minutes the poems came flooding [...]

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]]> http://www.kashflow.com/blog/new-website-credits/feed/ 12 Some Valentines Fun http://www.kashflow.com/blog/some-valentines-fun/ http://www.kashflow.com/blog/some-valentines-fun/#comments Tue, 14 Feb 2012 12:14:40 +0000 Duane Jackson - Founder & CEO http://www.kashflow.com/?p=11450 All year our customers tell us how much they love us and we’re really grateful for the  lovely messages we receive But with so many customers now, sending them all a dozen roses would cost a fortune. So Valentines Day seemed the perfect time to find our one true love and send them a tonne [...]

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]]> http://www.kashflow.com/blog/some-valentines-fun/feed/ 1 Simple and Affordable Online Payments with @GoCardless http://www.kashflow.com/blog/simple-and-affordable-online-payments-with-gocardless/ http://www.kashflow.com/blog/simple-and-affordable-online-payments-with-gocardless/#comments Tue, 07 Feb 2012 14:32:32 +0000 Duane Jackson - Founder & CEO http://www.kashflow.com/blog/?p=2943 A few months ago we launched a pilot with GoCardless. At the time we only let customers who have been with us for a year or more use the service. Today they went live and announced via TechCrunch that they have backing from Accel and Y-Combinator (no small feat!). So now it’s available to all [...]

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]]> http://www.kashflow.com/blog/unmarketing-wheat-not-chaff/feed/ 0 We’re hiring – the best customer service job in London http://www.kashflow.com/blog/were-hiring-the-best-customer-service-job-in-london/ http://www.kashflow.com/blog/were-hiring-the-best-customer-service-job-in-london/#comments Fri, 06 Jan 2012 14:46:25 +0000 Duane Jackson - Founder & CEO http://www.kashflow.com/blog/?p=2834 NOTE: We’re always looking to add to our support team with fast learners who are enthusiastic and pride themselves on outstanding customer service. If this is you, please do get in touch with us. Every month thousands of small businesses register to take a  free trial of our accounting software. The number of trialists and [...]

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]]> http://www.kashflow.com/blog/christmas-freebies/feed/ 6 This Is Our World Now http://www.kashflow.com/blog/this-is-our-world-now/ http://www.kashflow.com/blog/this-is-our-world-now/#comments Mon, 12 Dec 2011 09:22:45 +0000 Duane Jackson - Founder & CEO http://www.kashflow.com/blog/?p=2820 You know how sometimes a song pops into your head and you can’t get it out until you play it? That happened to me this morning only it wasn’t a song, it was a document… When I first got into computers and the Internet in the early-mid 90′s there was already a strong sub-culture. There was [...]

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]]> http://www.kashflow.com/blog/this-is-our-world-now/feed/ 1 I.P.E.A. – The Four Attributes You Need to Work in a Startup http://www.kashflow.com/blog/i-p-e-a-the-four-attributes-you-need-to-work-in-a-startup/ http://www.kashflow.com/blog/i-p-e-a-the-four-attributes-you-need-to-work-in-a-startup/#comments Wed, 07 Dec 2011 11:48:58 +0000 Duane Jackson - Founder & CEO http://www.kashflow.com/blog/?p=2788 KashFlow has been going a good few years now and there are over 20 of us here. But we’re still very much a start-up in terms of our culture, the way we work, and the things we’re working on. Working in a start-up is nothing like working in a “big” business. Some people simply aren’t [...]

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]]> http://www.kashflow.com/blog/i-p-e-a-the-four-attributes-you-need-to-work-in-a-startup/feed/ 7 On the wireless: Radio 4 – In Business http://www.kashflow.com/blog/on-the-wireless-radio-4-in-business/ http://www.kashflow.com/blog/on-the-wireless-radio-4-in-business/#comments Tue, 06 Dec 2011 10:45:44 +0000 Duane Jackson - Founder & CEO http://www.kashflow.com/blog/?p=2775 The other week I was interviewed by Peter Day from the Radio 4 show “In Business” to talk about the recession and how it affects a business like ours. You can listen to it here. We’ve had lots of media coverage over the years, but this one interview generated a *lot* of traffic, sign-ups and [...]

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]]> http://www.kashflow.com/blog/the-kfxmas-party-photos/feed/ 0 My #GEW Diary http://www.kashflow.com/blog/my-gew-diary/ http://www.kashflow.com/blog/my-gew-diary/#comments Fri, 11 Nov 2011 13:04:03 +0000 Duane Jackson - Founder & CEO http://www.kashflow.com/blog/?p=2760 Never mind it nearly being Christmas again, Global Entrepreneurship Week is here again as from Monday. There are lots of  events going on all over the country to celebrate and promote entrepreneurship. Here are the events I’m going to: Tuesday 15h November – Fresh Business Thinking LIVE! This is billed as a conference and exhibition [...]

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]]> http://www.kashflow.com/blog/my-gew-diary/feed/ 0 Join us for a Christmas Party! #KFXmas #UKBF http://www.kashflow.com/blog/join-us-for-a-christmas-party-kfxmas/ http://www.kashflow.com/blog/join-us-for-a-christmas-party-kfxmas/#comments Wed, 02 Nov 2011 15:11:13 +0000 Duane Jackson - Founder & CEO http://www.kashflow.com/blog/?p=2726 For a while I’ve wanted to get a bunch of KashFlow customers together for an informal meet-up. That thought collided with another: Smaller business with just one or two staff don’t have much of a Christmas party. They’re no fun when there’s no one to pull a cracker with. So we’ve teamed up with our [...]

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]]> http://www.kashflow.com/blog/join-us-for-a-christmas-party-kfxmas/feed/ 42 Files in KashFlow with Dropbox http://www.kashflow.com/blog/files-in-KashFlow-with-dropbox/ http://www.kashflow.com/blog/files-in-KashFlow-with-dropbox/#comments Tue, 01 Nov 2011 12:27:15 +0000 Duane Jackson - Founder & CEO http://www.kashflow.com/blog/?p=2706 We’ve just added integration with Dropbox into KashFlow accounting  software. This means you can upload and attach files to all sorts of accounting records such as your quotes, invoices, customer and supplier records. Even Journal entries. You can enable the integration with just a couple of clicks by going to Settings -> External Services -> [...]

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]]> http://www.kashflow.com/blog/software-satisfaction-thank-you/feed/ 7 As Smart Phones Get Smarter, Humans get Stupider http://www.kashflow.com/blog/as-smart-phones-get-smarter-humans-get-stupider/ http://www.kashflow.com/blog/as-smart-phones-get-smarter-humans-get-stupider/#comments Mon, 17 Oct 2011 13:43:17 +0000 Duane Jackson - Founder & CEO http://www.kashflow.com/blog/?p=2632 When’s the last time you wrote something with pen and paper? My handwriting is appalling and after a few lines my fingers ache. The reason for that is because of how infrequently I need to actually write with pen and paper. Like most other people, I’m more likely to type than write. But with the [...]

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]]> http://www.kashflow.com/blog/duedil/feed/ 2 #FollowFriday #FF – You’re doing it wrong! http://www.kashflow.com/blog/followfriday-ff-youre-doing-it-wrong/ http://www.kashflow.com/blog/followfriday-ff-youre-doing-it-wrong/#comments Sat, 01 Oct 2011 08:45:52 +0000 Duane Jackson - Founder & CEO http://www.kashflow.com/blog/?p=2674 It’s Friday, yay! Friday on Twitter is “Follow Friday”. The idea is that you suggest to your followers who else they should follow by tweeting their names and putting using the hashtag #FollowFriday or the shorter #FF. But more often than not #FF tweets are useless and don’t result in any new followers for the [...]

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]]> http://www.kashflow.com/blog/who-do-you-hate/feed/ 5 Stop going around saying “I’m an Entrepreneur!” http://www.kashflow.com/blog/dont-mention-the-e-word-or-tl-or-g/ http://www.kashflow.com/blog/dont-mention-the-e-word-or-tl-or-g/#comments Mon, 26 Sep 2011 22:04:31 +0000 Duane Jackson - Founder & CEO http://www.kashflow.com/blog/?p=2569 And I thought it was just me and my personal insecurities. But apparently not. I tweeted something  that hit a nerve for some and resonated with others. I’d just seen Richard Branson start a sentence with “As an entrepreneur…” and I said: At least now I know it’s not just me that tut’s when I [...]

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